Armando Parente takes double pole for Portimao season finale

Armando Parente, at the wheel of a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR, took both pole positions this weekend’s TCR Portugal series season finale. Pedro Salvador, who only has to participate to take the title, took a conservative approach with third position in both sessions.

Qualifying 1

Parente claimed the pole position for Race 1 with a time of 1:55.749, beating reigning champion Francisco Abreu, driving a Peugeot 308TCR, by 0.491 seconds.

Francisco Carvalho dropped to third after leading in the early stages of the session in his Audi RS 3 LMS, with championship leader Pedro Salvador, at the wheel of the sole Cupra TCR in fourth, 1.772 seconds off the pace in fourth.